ColeMusiq Foundation Piano
Getting you into piano playing
Getting piano playing into you!©
Some people read music well, but can't play a simple tune by ear. Other people can play anything they hear, but can't read a simple piece of written music. Then there are those we call Complete Musicians who are at home whether reading a score or playing by ear. Their EYES and EARS work with their HANDS in piano playing (or any other instrument for that matter). We want to get you into that kind of piano playing, and that means getting piano playing into you!©
The ColeMusiq Foundation Piano Method uses chiefly one tune, Tune One, to lay the basics for playing by ear and by note, for improvisation and accurate reading. With the same tune we TRADE with EAR and with EYE:
Tune, transposition and harmony
Tune One RH, LH, 2H in C, D, E, F, G, A, B; Harmony 1, 2, 3.
(15 minutes M.M. crotchet=64)
Rhythm and counting (Use Hy3 style)
Count 1&2&3&4& Minim, crotchet, quaver (straight half-note, quarter-note, and eighth-note LH, RH accompaniment on beat
1&2&3&4& Single sync and double sync LH, RH accom off beat
(16 minutes/31)
Articulation ( Crotchet straight and single sync rhythms)
Legato LH and staccato RH; legato RH and staccato LH
(7 minutes/38)
Dynamics ( Crotchet or quaver straight rhythms)
Piano to forte (soft to loud, RH melody) and forte to piano (LH melody); forte to piano (RH melody) and piano to forte (LH melody); piano to forte to piano (LH and RH melody)
(7 minutes/45)
Eye/Ear play
ColeMusiq EyePlay sheets to start reading; ColeMusiq 30 lesson EarPlay programme
© 2006-2011 Donovan D. Cole
Summary design and purpose statement
The ColeMusiq Foundation Piano Method is designed in such a way that the student gains the early benefit of learning:
a tune
transposition
harmony
rhythm
timing/tempo
music counting
coordination and independent coordination
articulation (legato/staccato)
touch and technique
dynamics (soft/loud)
concentration
variations on a theme
Our teaching method develops independent learning as well as cooperative team learning, with students at different levels working together and doing ensemble playing. This critical feature of our process is a significant contributor to an accurate sense of tempo, and is an automatic drill exercise in aurals. The ColeMusiq Hanon Exercises which are an integral part of the learning programme, are structured for development of technique and strengthening of strike. The systematized use of the various components of the Method combine effectively to raise the interest of even the reluctant learner.
Strategic for development, students not only learn--and learn how to learn--but also learn how to teach the ColeMusiq Foundation Piano Method, preparing en route to become certified if they so choose.
Most importantly, our method lays the foundation for anyone to become a musician--a complete musician who is a competent pianist, keyboardist, or other instrumentalist who is at home whether reading a score or playing by ear!
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